Review: iperf3 3.22-6
Package Information
| Description | Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool (transitional package) Package to ease upgrading from older iperf3 package to the new iperf3-client package. This package can be purged at anytime once the iperf3-client package has been installed. |
|---|---|
| Maintainer | Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> |
| Changed By | Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> |
| Sponsor | mail@daniel-baumann.ch |
| Distribution | sid |
| Architecture | any all |
| VCS | git: https://forgejo.debian.net/linux/iperf3 (browse) |
| Popcon Installs | 19145 |
| Binary NEW | Yes (new binary packages of a source already in sid) |
| Tracker | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/iperf3 |
| Uploaded | 18 hours ago |
New Package Report
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| Date | Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:53:59 +0100 |
|---|---|
| Source | iperf3 |
| Version | 3.22-6 |
| Changed-By | Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> |
| Architecture | source amd64 all |
| Distribution | sid |
Changelog
iperf3 (3.22-6) sid; urgency=medium
.
* Moving systemd integration to run an iperf3 server into new
iperf3-server package to highly lower complexity and improve admin
experience.
* Adding additional sandboxing restrictions in systemd service..dsc
| Section | oldlibs |
|---|---|
| Priority | extra |
| Component | main |
| Package-List | iperf3 deb oldlibs extra arch=all iperf3-client deb net optional arch=any iperf3-server deb net optional arch=all libiperf-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any libiperf0 deb libs optional arch=any |
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DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 3 blocker, 0 important, 7 minor
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Reviewed 17 hours ago.
Report
DFSG NEW review for iperf3 version 3.22-6
Summary
- Licensing is DFSG-compliant and
debian/copyrightis accurate: No - Packaging is of good quality: Yes
- Issues: 3 blocker, 0 important, 7 minor
- debian/watch: version 5
- debian/copyright: machine-readable
- Scan before the review: nothing found
Licensing
Every file in the tree is under a free licence that the DFSG accepts: BSD-3-clause (with and without the LBNL enhancement paragraph), MIT, NCSA, BSD-2-clause, X11, FSF unlimited/FSFAP, GPL-2+/GPL-3+ with Autoconf or Libtool exceptions on generated build files, and public domain. No non-commercial, no-modification or field-of-use wording exists anywhere. debian/copyright is DEP-5 and largely right, but it misdescribes the licensing of three files that are compiled into libiperf0 (src/net.c's Lucent Technologies notice is missing entirely, src/iperf_locale.c is declared NCSA only although it also carries the LBNL BSD-3 grant, and src/units.h is attributed to the University of Illinois under NCSA instead of LBNL BSD-3), and four smaller stanzas are wrong.
Packaging
Modern and clean: debhelper compat 14, hardening=+all, libiperf0.symbols with Build-Depends-Package and without Debian revisions, Multi-Arch: same on both library packages, a properly split client/server/transitional packaging, a sandboxed systemd unit, ufw profile, manpages, debian/upstream/metadata, and Standards-Version 4.7.4 against Policy 4.7.4.1. Remaining points are minor: an embedded copy of cJSON that Debian packages already, the deprecated Priority: extra on the transitional package, and the stale systemd enable symlink left by renaming the unit.
Issues
blocker licensing 1. Files: src/net.* omits the Lucent Technologies permission notice that src/net.c is partly under ◂
- Files:
debian/copyright:102-108,src/net.c:128-129,LICENSE:95-110 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
debian/copyright:Files: src/net.*/2003 Lucent Technologies/License: BSD-3-clause and MIT.src/net.c:/* netdial and netannounce code comes from libtask: http://swtch.com/libtask//* Copyright: http://swtch.com/libtask/COPYRIGHT.LICENSE:The authors of this software are Rob Pike, Sape Mullender, and Russ Cox / Copyright (c) 2003 by Lucent Technologies. / Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire notice is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting documentation for such software. - Problem: The stanza names Lucent Technologies in Copyright but states only
BSD-3-clause and MIT, and neither of those texts is the Lucent notice. The notice is a third, distinct permission grant, and it requires that it be reproduced in all copies of the software and its documentation; the text exists only in the top-levelLICENSE, which no binary package installs, so/usr/share/doc/iperf3-client/copyright(Policy 12.5) does not carry it.src/net.cis compiled intolibiperf.so.0, shipped inlibiperf0. - Fix: Give the notice its own short name (e.g.
Lucent) in theFiles: src/net.*License field and add a stand-alone License paragraph quoting it in full fromLICENSE.
blocker licensing 2. Files: src/iperf_locale.c states NCSA only, omitting the BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant terms of the LBNL code in the file ◂
- Files:
debian/copyright:90-94,src/iperf_locale.c:1-27 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
debian/copyright:Files: src/iperf_locale.c/Copyright:(Illinois 1999-2003 and LBNL 2014-2022) /License: NCSA.src/iperf_locale.c:* iperf, Copyright (c) 2014-2022, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .../* This code is distributed under a BSD style license, see the LICENSE file for complete information./* Based on code that is: ... Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. - Problem: The file as shipped is under both the LBNL BSD-3-clause-with-enhancement-rant grant (which covers the bulk of it) and the NCSA terms of the code it is based on; the Copyright field names both holders but the License field names only NCSA, so a redistributor reading
debian/copyrightis told the wrong terms for a file compiled intolibiperf0— the same mistake the maintainer avoided forsrc/iperf_util.c, which correctly saysBSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant and BSD-2-clause. - Fix: Change the stanza to
License: BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant and NCSA.
blocker licensing 3. Files: src/units.* gives src/units.h the University of Illinois copyright and NCSA licence, but it is LBNL BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant ◂
- Files:
debian/copyright:118-120,src/units.h:1-27,src/units.c:1-45 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
debian/copyright:Files: src/units.*/Copyright: 1999-2003 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois/License: NCSA.src/units.hbegins* iperf, Copyright (c) 2014, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ... * This code is distributed under a BSD style license, see the LICENSE file for complete information.and contains no Illinois or NCSA text; the Illinois/NCSA notice is only insrc/units.c. - Problem:
src/units.*matches both files (copyright-format 6.9:*matches/too), and the last matching stanza overridesFiles: *forunits.has well, so the copyright file gives that compiled header the wrong holder and the wrong licence. This is also why upstream's ownLICENSEmislabelssrc/units.{c.h}. - Fix: Restrict the stanza to
Files: src/units.csosrc/units.hkeeps theFiles: *(LBNL, BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant) entry, or add a separate stanza forsrc/units.hwith the LBNL copyright and that licence.
minor licensing 4. Files: docs/_esnet matches no file, so the ESnet documentation files are attributed to LBNL under Files: * ◂
- Files:
debian/copyright:76-78,docs/_esnet/LICENSE,docs/_esnet/templates/layout.html,docs/_esnet/static/esnet.css - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
debian/copyright:Files: docs/_esnet/Copyright: 2014 ESnet/License: BSD-3-clause.docs/_esnetis a directory (containingLICENSE,README.rst,deploy.sh,static/,templates/). copyright-format 6.9:This syntax does not distinguish file names from directory names ... A whole directory tree may be selected with a pattern like "foo/*". - Problem: The pattern matches only a path named
docs/_esnet, i.e. nothing, so every file below it falls through toFiles: *and is documented as LBNL's under BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant instead of ESnet's under BSD-3-clause. These are documentation sources, not part of any binary package, so the practical effect is small, but the stanza as written does not do what it says. - Fix: Use
Files: docs/_esnet/*(the pattern is anchored at the top of the tree and needs no leading slash).
minor licensing 5. INSTALL is grouped with the Makefile.in files under FSFULLR, but it carries the FSF unlimited permission for documentation (FSFUL) ◂
- Files:
debian/copyright:58-64,INSTALL:1-7 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
debian/copyright:Files: Makefile.in src/Makefile.in examples/Makefile.in INSTALL/Copyright: 1994-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc./License: FSFULLR.INSTALL:Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc./This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. - Problem: The stance claims the licence-retention wording of
FSFULLR(... as long as this notice is preservedplus the warranty disclaimer), whichINSTALLdoes not contain, and itsCopyright:years (to 2026) do not match the file (to 2005). The FSFULLR entries for theMakefile.infiles are correct. Neither file is installed in a binary package. - Fix: Drop
INSTALLfrom that stanza and give it a stanza of its own, e.g.Files: INSTALL/Copyright: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc./License: FSFULwith a stand-alone paragraph quotingThis file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
minor licensing 6. src/queue.h is plain BSD-3-clause, but debian/copyright calls it 'BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant' ◂
- Files:
debian/copyright:114-116,src/queue.h:4-29,debian/lrc.config:9-11 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
debian/copyright:Files: src/queue.h/License: BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant.src/queue.hhas the three-clause notice endingSUCH DAMAGE.and no enhancement paragraph (no match forEnhancementin the file).debian/lrc.configasserts('BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant' is correct, not 'BSD-3-clause')for this file. - Problem: The file's terms are stated more broadly than they are; the enhancements paragraph is not in
src/queue.hand the claim indebian/lrc.configis simply wrong.queue.his compiled intolibiperf0. - Fix: Use
License: BSD-3-clauseforFiles: src/queue.h, and fix or, better, removedebian/lrc.config.
minor licensing 7. The exception quoted for the automake/autoconf helper scripts is the Autoconf Archive's, not the generic Autoconf exception those files carry ◂
- Files:
debian/copyright:38-46,debian/copyright:48-52,config/missing:21-24,config/compile:20-23,config/config.guess:22-28 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
debian/copyrightappliesLicense: GPL-2+ with Autoconf-2.0~Archive exceptiontoconfig/compile,config/depcomp,config/missing,config/test-driverandGPL-3+ with Autoconf-2.0~Archive exceptiontoconfig/config.guess,config/config.sub, whose stand-alone paragraph readsAs a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro ... This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf Macro released by the Autoconf Archive.The files themselves sayAs a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you distribute this file as part of a program that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program. - Problem: The exception text in
debian/copyrightis not the one in these six files; it is the one inconfig/ax_pthread.m4(an Autoconf Archive macro). The licence names and quoted grant are therefore wrong for the helper scripts, though both exceptions are free and these files are used at build time only, not installed. - Fix: Add a short name quoting the generic Autoconf exception for those six files and keep the Archive exception for
config/ax_pthread.m4alone.
minor packaging 8. src/cjson.{c,h} embed a copy of cJSON, which Debian already packages ◂
- Files:
src/cjson.c,src/cjson.h,debian/copyright:79-83 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
src/cjson.c:Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors;apt-cache show libcjson-devgivesSource: cjson (1.7.19-2),Source: cjson, sectionlibdevel, andlibcjson1. - Problem: Policy 4.13 says packages should not use a convenience copy of code that is already in the archive as a library, and that the packaging should ensure binary packages reference the library already in Debian. The copy is compiled into
libiperf0(itscJSON_*symbols are even exported indebian/libiperf0.symbols) and nothing indebian/notes why the system library is not used. - Fix: Build against the packaged cJSON (
Build-Depends: libcjson-dev) and dropsrc/cjson.{c,h}, or, if upstream's copy diverges too far, say why indebian/README.sourceand keep thedebian/copyrightstanza that names it.
minor packaging 9. The transitional iperf3 package sets Priority: extra, which Policy 2.5 deprecates ◂
- Files:
debian/control:24-25 - Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
- Evidence:
Package: iperf3/Section: oldlibs/Priority: extra; Policy 2.5:extra—This priority is deprecated. Use the optional priority instead. This priority should be treated as equivalent to optional. - Problem: No other binary package in the source sets a priority, so it inherits
optional(Policy 2.5, dpkg 1.22.13); only the transitional package carries a deprecated value. - Fix: Remove the
Priority: extraline (the default isoptional).
minor packaging 10. Renaming the service to iperf3-server.service leaves the old iperf3.service enable symlink dangling after upgrade ◂
- Files:
debian/iperf3-server.service:1,debian/changelog:1-6,debian/control:52-56 - Basis: inferred from what was read, not seen directly
- Evidence:
debian/changelog3.22-6:Moving systemd integration to run an iperf3 server into new iperf3-server package; 3.22-2:Removing sysvinit script in favour of systemd. The unit is nowdebian/iperf3-server.service, i.e./lib/systemd/system/iperf3-server.service; the previous upload had the unit in theiperf3package, so as/lib/systemd/system/iperf3.service. - Problem: dpkg removes
/lib/systemd/system/iperf3.serviceon upgrade, but the enable symlink dh_installsystemd created for it lives in/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/iperf3.serviceand belongs to no package; nothing removes it on an upgrade, so systemd reports a unit it cannot load at the next boot. The same physical service is now enabled again under a new name, so administrators who had disabled it also get it back. (I could not see 3.22-5'sdebian/here; the changelog is the evidence that the unit was in the oldiperf3package.) - Fix: Keep the installed unit name
iperf3.serviceand ship it fromiperf3-serverwithBreaks: iperf3 (<< ${source:Version})andReplaces: iperf3, so the unit's ownership moves without the enable symlink going stale; or add a postinst snippet to the transitionaliperf3package that runsdeb-systemd-helper disable iperf3.service/removes the leftover symlink.
Verified ◂
- The pre-scan listed no files: its holder check reported that every copyright holder it detected is already named in
debian/copyright. I re-ran the holder search myself over the whole tree (Copyright,(C),©, excluding.pc/anddebian/) and found no holder thatdebian/copyrightdoes not name; the findings are about which stanza and which licence apply, not about unnamed holders. - Read
debian/copyrightin full (345 lines); it is DEP-5 with the correctFormat:URL,Upstream-Name,Upstream-Contact,Source, noFiles-Excluded, and stand-alone licence paragraphs for every short name it uses. - Licence keywords searched across the whole tree (
SPDX,Licensed under,Permission is hereby,GNU General/Lesser,Apache,Mozilla,public domain,without fee,All rights reserved,adapted from,comes from,taken from): the only non-free-sounding wording is the BSD/DOE-styleAll rights reservedinside otherwise free notices (Upstream-Name, LICENSE, README.md, and each LBNL source header). No NC, ND, field-of-use or no-modification clause in the package. - Files under
src/:cjson.{c,h}(MIT),dscp.c(BSD-2, OpenSSH),iperf_util.c(LBNL BSD-3 plus NetBSD getline under BSD-2),iperf_locale.candunits.c(University of Illinois NCSA),net.c(Russ Cox MIT, Lucent notice, Eric Jackson BSD-3),queue.h(Regents BSD-3),portable_endian.h(public domain), everything else LBNL BSD-3-clause with enhancement-rant;iperf_api.his the only header installed (include_HEADERS). - Build-size/stic files:
configure,aclocal.m4,Makefile.in,config/*are autotools output whose inputs (configure.ac,Makefile.am,config/*.m4) are all in the tree;src/version.h.inandsrc/iperf_config.h.inare templates. The generated files are covered by theconfigure,aclocal.m4,config/*andMakefile.instanzas. src/private.pemandsrc/public.pemare upstream's test key pair used byt_auth.c; nothing installs them and they carry no separate licensing notice, so they fall underFiles: *.- Tests and examples:
src/t_*.c,test_commands.sh,auth_test.share not installed;examples/mic.candexamples/mis.c(no licence header of their own, covered byFiles: *) are installed as examples bydebian/libiperf-dev.examples. docs/_esnet/static/*contains ESnet and iperf3 logo PNGs,favicon.icoandGitHub_Invertocat_Black.png;images/iperf3-logos-0413_6.pngis the same kind of graphic. All are Sphinx/documentation assets of the upstream project, none is installed in a binary package, and the ESnet ones are covered bydocs/_esnet/LICENSE(BSD-3, ESnet 2014) — see thedocs/_esnetpattern issue for that stanza not applying. I did not open the image files.debian/lrc.configis a licensecheck configuration left indebian/that the build does not use; its note onsrc/queue.his wrong (see that issue).- Packaging read in full:
control,rules,changeloghead,source/format, all.install/.manpages/.examplesfiles,iperf3-server.service,libiperf0.symbolshead,patches/seriesand the one patch (DEP-3Author:/Description:, changes\fCto\fBin the man pages),ufw/iperf3,upstream/metadata,TODO.debian/watchleft to its own check. - Compat 14 means
dh_gencontroladds the relationship substvars, so the packages withoutDepends/Pre-Dependsfields are fine, anddh_missing --fail-missing(default from compat 13) is satisfied: every filedh_auto_installputs indebian/tmpis taken by an.installfile or is the.lafile removed inrules. debian/libiperf0.symbolsuses upstream versions only (no Debian revisions remain) and carries* Build-Depends-Package: libiperf-dev;libiperf-devdepends onlibiperf0 (= ${binary:Version})and both areMulti-Arch: same.- Build-Depends exist in the archive:
libsctp-dev(lksctp-tools1.0.21+dfsg-2) andlibssl-dev;libsctp-dev [linux-any]matches configure's optional SCTP detection, and theiperf_sctp_*symbols live in the always-builtiperf_sctp.c. - Standards-Version 4.7.4 against Policy 4.7.4.1: first two components match, so not an issue.
Vcs-Git/Vcs-Browserpoint at the maintainer's forgejo,Homepageat the upstream repository,debian/upstream/metadatapresent. debian/rules:hardening=+all,dh $@, removal of.lafiles afterdh_auto_install,dh_installchangelogs RELNOTES.md. Nodh_auto_testoverride, so at compat 14make check(thet_*programs) runs and is skipped undernocheckwithout further work.- uscan found the packaged version as the newest upstream release (upstream
3.22, packaged3.22). - Every pointer of
debian/copyrightto /usr/share/common-licenses names a file that is there (GPL-2,GPL-3).
Not confirmed ◂
debian/changelogusessidas the distribution (iperf3 (3.22-6) sid). I have no way to check here whether the archive acceptssidin the Distribution field; if it does not, the upload is rejected, andunstableis what is normally used.- No build was possible, so I could not compare
debian/libiperf0.symbolsagainst the builtlibiperf.so.0, confirm that the patched man pages pass groff, or thatmake checkpasses in a clean chroot. - The systemd upgrade finding rests on 3.22-5 having shipped
debian/iperf3.service; that directory is not in this source and I could not inspect the earlier upload.
Proposed changes ◂
None.
Uploader's response to the LLM review
The uploader rejected this upload in response to the review.
Review Information
rejected — allocated to dfsg-uploader 4 hours ago, started 4 hours ago, completed 4 hours ago.
Final Comment
The uploader rejected this upload in response to the automated (LLM) review of it, so that they can fix the problems it found and upload again.
Other Reviews of this Package
| Version | Hash | Allocated | Completed | Reviewer | Status | Details |
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| 3.22-7 | 6d937d01… | 2026-11-14 09:53 | 2026-11-14 09:53 | dfsg-uploader | rejected | VIEW |
| 3.22-5 | 79c8ea15… | 2026-11-13 16:41 | 2026-11-13 16:41 | dfsg-uploader | rejected | VIEW |
| 3.22-4 | 3fd2cb50… | 2026-11-13 11:37 | 2026-11-13 11:37 | dfsg-uploader | rejected | VIEW |